Dufty had his cheekbone smashed and is likely out for a few weeks according to SB. 

It was closer than I thought it would be, but you can't expect to squander so much possession near their line & win; apart from Sneyd's kicks we had zero attacking threat.


And whilst Lindop had a nightmare, you can't blame him for the loss.


Sam says we were the better team - we weren't or we would've won.


Oh yes, and the crowd didn't look good on TV, where were all the robins bobbing along?


Moan over......

It doesn't say that anywhere in the rules. It does not specify that it applies for an attacking player but not a defending one. In fact it says in the rules word for word that a 'Touch Down' is the intentional grounding of the ball by a defending player in their own in goal. It doesn't say with the hand. Just intentional grounding. So if its good for the attacker it should apply to the defender and there's no rule in the law to argue against that.

How did Williams play? Did he make it through the whole game?
Did Fitz make it through the whole game aswell ha ha ha
Just got home but not gonna bother watching it

There is indeed NO differentiation between attacker and defender in the rules. If this is the explanation the BBC has given then they have made it up. 

Can't fault the boys effort..unlucky to lose...anyone who thinks different have clearly not got a clue about the game

I thought we did very well overall considering our form and their form. They are top of the table with double the points we have. I truly thought we only needed 1 more try around 50 mins to see the game to bed, we were that defensively sound. KR were losing their heads at one point. I think we were content to just keep kicking them to death and it worked for 75 minutes. Yes, attack wasn't great but its a final and we kept KR to 1 try all game. Thats commendable.


Thought Kings metre making after contact in particular was fantastic. Williams didn't really do much again. Dufty was quiet. Tai was very solid. Think we only jumped the line once and that was King. Its so disappointing because we were so close. But typical Warrington fashion.


I make that 7 losses in finals to 1 win since 2012.

I'd describe that performance as gutsy & courageous but blunt.  We should have put the game to bed several times given our possession in the second half.  I expected a higher score against us so I'm pleased in that sense but we lacked a cutting edge in the opposition 10.  The test for me is how we back up from this, we have a chance to put a decent run together before playing Wigan on 8th August although Leeds will be very difficult next week.  Be interesting to see the mentality and how we cope without Dufty.

Agreed. There was only one borderline decision between defeat and today's game going down as an epic defensive performance like 2019 against Saints.

We made a few mistakes, as did they, we had an excellent kicking game - best I've seen from us in a big game since Briers was here.


We find it hard to score tries because we don't have enough game breakers but the organisation in defence and general effort was excellent.

Anyone who believes anything about the BBC, are mad.

Obviously the conditions blunted both attacks. The fact that both sides scored one lucky try from a kick says a lot. I don't think we should be too critical of our lads not scoring with the pressure they had in the second half. Individuals like Hiku & Lewis and Williams & Dufty were easy to keep quiet & found it difficult to create. The boys' effort was superb &  it was such a different game of rugby, because of the weather & the occasion, to anything we've seen all season.